English

Verb

abroach ‎(third-person singular simple present abroaches, present participle abroaching, simple past and past participle abroached)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
   • on the crosse a pike / Did set again abroach - George Herbert, The Agonie (1633)

Adverb

abroach ‎(not comparable)

1. Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]^[1]
   • Hogsheads of ale were set abroach. - Sir W. Scott
2. In a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot; astir. [First attested in the early 16^th century.]^[1]
   • Mischiefs that I set abroach. - Shakespeare, Richard III, I-iii

Adjective

abroach ‎(not comparable)

1. Tapped; broached. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]^[1]
2. Astir; moving about. [First attested in the early 16^th century.]^[1]

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References

1. 1 2 3 4 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 8